The use of electricity in the removal of superfluous hair : and the treatment of various facial blemishes / by George Henry Fox.

Date:
1886
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Credit: The use of electricity in the removal of superfluous hair : and the treatment of various facial blemishes / by George Henry Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    II. THE PERMANENT REMOVAL OF HAIR BY ELEC- TROLYSIS-REPORT OF CASES * The growth of hair upon the female face, to the treatment of which I again invite attention, is a de- formity which is very frequently observed. Perhaps few physicians have an adequate idea of its preva- lence. In nearly every “museum of living curiosi- ties” a bearded woman figures as one of the chief attractions, and it is quite probable that but a small proportion of bearded women are willing to advertise their misfortune for pecuniary gain. I think there are at least a half dozen of this class on exhibition throughout the city. [The following bearded women have been on ex- hibition in various parts of this country during the past ten years: x. Mrs. Viola Meyers has a full beard, the hairs being soft, dark and somewhat curly. The abnormal growth was noticed during childhood. A full report of this case was published by Duhring in the Archives of Dermatology, April, 1877. 2. Susie Conrad has a reddish-brown beard and weighs 300 pounds. 3. Annie Jones has a long dark-brown beard which began to grow in infancy. *From the Medical Record, March nth 1882.